166 THE STILL-HUNTER. 



were a thousand feet higher up. In the cold nights 

 of fall and winter the elevation often is very import- 

 ant. The belt or stratum of warmest air lies between 

 five hundred and two thousand feet above sea-level, 

 the valleys being very cold as well as the very high 

 land. During the night and during the time deer 

 stand in the morning sun they will be more apt to 

 be found along this belt than anywhere else. 



